Enchanting A Tour of the Emerald Isle September 16-28, 2021

13 days for $4,992 total price from Boston, New York ($4,595 air & land inclusive plus $397 airline taxes and fees)

This tour is provided by Odysseys Unlimited, six-time honoree Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Tour Operators award.

A Special Small Group Tour for Alumni and Friends of the University of Kansas Dear Alumni and Friends, Join us on an exclusive journey to Ireland – a land of breathtaking scenery, rich heritage and mystical appeal. From Dublin, traveling through festive Galway, and ending in medieval Kilkenny, our small group of travelers will experience Ireland’s many charms. Stunning landscapes, fascinating history, and cultural expression – the Emerald Isle has it all. Begin in Dublin with a tour of Ireland’s beautiful capital. Next, head west to Galway and intriguing Inishmore, the largest of the fabled Aran Islands. Travel south along the scenic coastline of County Clare, cross by ferry into County Kerry and explore Killarney. Travel along the Ring of Kerry and visit 15th-century , home of the celebrated Blarney Stone. Finally, tour the cultural capital of Kilkenny before returning to Dublin for a farewell dinner. An optional 4-day/3-night post-tour extension in Northern Ireland is also available. This exciting tour is limited to 24 guests total, and will fill quickly. Your deposit is fully refundable up until 95 days before departure. Book risk-free today! Sincerely,

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THE KU RESERVATION FORM: ENCHANTING IRELAND Enclosed is my/our deposit for $______($500 per person) for ____ person(s) on Enchanting Ireland, departing September 16, 2021. I/We understand the final payment is due at least 95 days prior to departure. Payment may be made by American Express, Discover, MasterCard, VISA, or by personal check. Please make check payable to Odysseys Unlimited, Inc., and send, with completed reservation form, to: Odysseys Unlimited, Inc., Attn: Special Interest Groups, One Newton Place, 275 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02458. You may also call the Alumni Association toll-free at 1-800-584-2957. Or you may call Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. tollfree at 1-888-370-6765 to make your reservation. Full Passport Name ______Date of Birth ______Gender _____ Full Passport Name ______Date of Birth ______Gender _____ Address ______City ______State ______ZIP ______Home Phone (______) ______Cell Phone (______) ______E-mail(s) ______Badge Name(s) ______Please book my/our air from ______I/We request a Business Class upgrade q I will share a room with ______I request a single room (limited availability) q Post-Tour “Northern Ireland” Extension: Please sign me/us up q

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Final invoicing will be sent by our tour operator, Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. The balance of the program price must be paid to Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. Final payment is due by June 13, 2021, and is payable by check or credit card.

KU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION: Travel with the Flying Jayhawks is a benefit of membership in the KU Alumni Association. If you are not a member, a $60 annual membership invoice will be sent to you. Tour membership limited to 24 alumni and friends Enchanting Ireland A Tour of the Emerald Isle

13 days for $4,992 total price from Boston, New York ($4,595 air & land inclusive plus $397 airline taxes and fees) It’s a beautiful, magical land, where the gentle green landscape dazzles and the people delight; where warmth and hospitality are national traits and poets are national heroes. From Dublin to Galway, Killarney to Kilkenny, this full yet well-paced tour showcases Ireland’s many charms – both old and new – to our small band of travelers.

Day 1: Depart U.S. for Dublin, Ireland Destination Belfast/Antrim Motorcoach Coast Extension NORTHERN Day 2: Arrive Dublin We arrive in the intimate, and (motorcoach/van) IRELAND beautiful, Irish capital today and check in at our hotel Entry/Departure located right on St. Stephen’s Green. Tonight we enjoy a welcome dinner at a local restaurant. D Galway Dublin IRELAND Day 3: Dublin This morning’s city tour includes Atlantic a visit to Trinity College, home of the stunning 8th- Ocean Irish Sea century Book of Kells illuminated manuscript; and to Kilkenny St. Patrick’s, the national cathedral of the Church of Killarney Ireland. This afternoon we embark on an informal Celtic Sea walking tour (led by our tour director), passing some of the haunts and hiding places of Ireland’s beloved Avg. High (°F) Sep Oct literary sons. Dinner tonight is on our own in this Dublin 63 57 enchanting city. B Killarney 66 61 Day 4: Dublin/Galway We leave Dublin this morn- ing for Galway in the West, the region some consider to be the “most Irish part of Ireland.” En route we stop for tea and coffee at Tyrrellspass Castle then continue on to 6th-century Clonmacnoise, Ireland’s most important early monastic site. After lunch on our own we resume our journey, reaching Galway Small Group Tour Highlights City this afternoon. We dine at our hotel located in the village of Bearna just outside the city. B,D Dublin touring, including Trinity College and St. Patrick’s Cathedral • Magnificent natural scenery of counties Gal- Day 5: Galway/Connemara A day of scenic high- way and Kerry: Cliffs of Moher, the Burren, Connemara lights is in store as we travel through western County • Irish sheepdog demonstration • Beautiful Kylemore Galway in the legendary region known as Connemara, Abbey • Dramatic Aran Islands • Ring of Kerry scenic a rugged, silent landscape of mountains, glacial lakes, drive • Historic • Visit to Blarney Castle endless roads, and uninhabited bog lands. Our first • • • Outstanding small stop is at beautiful Kylemore Abbey, built as a private group accommodations that enhance the Irish experience home in 1861 and one of Ireland’s most photographed castles. We continue on through this singular land- Day Itinerary Hotel Rating scape, stopping for lunch en route. Tonight we enjoy 1 Depart U.S. for Dublin dinner with traditional Irish entertainment at Padraicins The Shelbourne 2-3 Dublin Deluxe overlooking Galway Bay. B,D Dublin 4-6 Galway The Twelve Hotel Sup. First Class Day 6: Galway/Aran Islands Today we embark on 7-9 Killarney Killarney Royal Sup. First Class an excursion to Inishmore, the largest of the fabled 10-11 Kilkenny Pembroke Hotel Sup. First Class Aran Islands, whose unique culture and history have Dublin Barberstown 12 Sup. First Class been an inspiration to artists, writers, and filmmakers. (Barberstown) Castle Hotel Sitting across Galway Bay in the midst of the Atlantic, 13 Depart Dublin for U.S. the islands feature primitive stone forests, early Chris- Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel tian churches, and medieval castles – as well as shops, industry standard reference. galleries, and restaurants. An islander guides our tour Cover Photo: On Day 5, in Connemara, we visit beautiful Kylemore Abbey. The sun shines down on the Cliffs of Moher, as we see on Day 7. here, imparting local lore along the way. We stop at peninsulas. This is the Ireland of postcards and pictures, Dun Aenghus Fortress, the three prehistoric stone with tiny villages dotting the breathtaking landscape; we walls crowning the tallest cliffs of Inishmore; have stop in one of them for an Irish sheep dog demonstration lunch in a local pub; and enjoy some free time before and in another for lunch. We return to Killarney late returning to the mainland and our hotel late this this afternoon then dine tonight at our hotel. B,L,D afternoon. Dinner tonight is at a local restaurant in the village of Bearna. B,L,D Day 10: Blarney/Cashel/Kilkenny On our way to Kilkenny this morning we stop in the small town of Day 7: Galway/County Clare/Killarney Another Blarney to visit the ruins of the 15th-century castle, day of breathtaking scenery as we leave Galway for with its celebrated Blarney Stone believed to bestow Killarney, traveling south along the fabled coastline of County Clare. We pass through the Burren, the Post-Tour Extension 116-square-mile “rocky place” of craggy gray karst (limestone) formations that stretch endlessly in all directions. Then we visit the Cliffs of Moher, the September 28-October 1, 2021 majestic flat-topped “mountains” that rise vertically Northern Ireland from the sea for five miles from north to south. After 4 days/3 nights for $1,295 total price lunch on our own here, we cross by ferry into County Single Supplement: $295 Kerry, reaching Killarney in beautiful Killarney National Park late this afternoon. This evening we Savor the dramatic beauty of the Antrim enjoy dinners in local family-run B&Bs. B,D Coast, one of the most scenic in all of Ireland and the British Isles, and encounter the lively Day 8: Killarney Our exploration of this attractive capital city of Belfast. town, founded as a resort in the 18th century, begins with a jaunting cart ride from the center of town to 15th-century , the last strong­hold to fall to Your Tour Price Includes Oliver Cromwell’s forces in 1652. Then we travel by • Round-trip private motorcoach or van transportation th boat to Muckross House, a 19 -century Elizabethan- Dublin/Belfast style manor housing the Kerry Folklife Centre, which • 3 nights’ accommodations: 2 nights in Belfast at Fitz- showcases the art and craft of bookbinding, pottery, william Hotel (Deluxe); 1 night in Dublin at Carlton and weaving. We tour the elegantly furnished rooms, Hotel Dublin Airport (Superior First Class) as well as the informal garden. Lunch is on our own • 7 meals: 3 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners here before we return to Killarney mid-afternoon. B • Extensive sightseeing including Belfast, Antrim Coast (Giant’s Causeway UNESCO site, Bushmills Distillery, Carrick-a-rede Bridge), new Titanic Museum in Belfast Day 9: ­Killarney/Ring of Kerry Today we experience • Services of an Odysseys Unlimited representative one of Ireland’s most popular attractions, the stunning • Gratuities for dining room servers and airport and mountain and coastal scenery of the Ring of Kerry, a hotel porters 110-mile route connecting Dingle, Iveragh, and Beara Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.”

– Seamus Heaney the “gift of gab” on those who kiss it. We also visit the Blarney Woolen Mills, housing an excellent selection of Irish crafts as well as knits and woolens of all kinds. After lunch on our own in Blarney, we continue on to the Rock of Cashel, the celebrated – and beloved – archaeological complex (c. 432 ce) of medieval ruins atop a limestone outcropping that presides over the surrounding plain. Late this after- noon we return to Kilkenny and our hotel, where we dine tonight. B,D

Day 11: Kilkenny Today is devoted to Kilkenny, a well-preserved medieval city known as Ireland’s cultural capital – and the country’s smallest city. We tour 12th- century Kilkenny Stone walls wind through the Aran Islands. Castle, considered one of the country’s most beautiful, then Tour Departs: embark on an infor- September 16, 2021 mal walking tour Prices include int’l airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees. Titanic Museum, optional of Kilkenny itself, Boston, New York $4,992 extension noting the many Baltimore, Chicago, Miami, buildings of “black” or Kilkenny marble, quarried Orlando, Philadelphia, $5,292 locally. After lunch together at a local pub, the Tampa, Washington, DC remainder of the day is at leisure. B,L Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, $5,392 Day 12: Kilkenny/Dublin (Barberstown) We leave Detroit, Kansas City, Kilkenny this morning for a final visit to Dublin, Minneapolis where we tour fascinating EPIC The Irish Emigration Dallas, Denver, Museum depicting 1,500 years of Irish history in an Houston, Los Angeles, $5,592 interactive environment. Mid-afternoon we reach Phoenix, Portland (OR), our hotel outside Dublin; tonight we celebrate our San Francisco, Seattle adventure over a farewell dinner. B,D Land Only (transfers not included) $4,395 Please call if your city is not listed. Prices are per person Day 13: Depart for U.S. We leave this morning based on double occupancy and include airline taxes, for the Dublin airport and our return flights to the surcharges, and fees of $397, which are subject to United States. B change until final payment is made. Single travelers please add $1,495. Your $500 deposit is fully refundable up to 95 days prior to departure. All Your Tour Price Includes tour prices above (excluding airline taxes, surcharges, and fees) are guaranteed. • Round-trip air transportation from listed cities • 11 nights’ accommodations in Deluxe and Superior Business Class upgrade on round-trip Trans-Atlantic flight: $3,595 per person from Newark, Washington, First Class hotels DC, in addition to the above costs (upgrade is subject • 22 meals: 11 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 8 dinners to availability and pricing is subject to change). • Extensive sightseeing as described, including all For reservations and information, please entrance fees call the KU Alumni Association toll-free: • Services of an Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director • Private motorcoach transportation throughout 1-800-584-2957 your trip Or call Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. toll-free: • Luggage handling for one bag per person 1-888-370-6765 • Gratuities for local guides, dining room servers, Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–7:00 PM, Eastern Time airport and hotel porters, and all drivers GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS Presorted Please read this information carefully, as payment of a $500 deposit per person represents your acceptance of the following Terms Standard and Conditions. U.S. POSTAGE Not Included in Tour Price: Airfare when purchasing a Land Only package; costs of passports and visas; personal expenses PAID such as beverages, laundry, room service, and meals not specified; airport transfers when purchasing a Land Only package; Odysseys communication charges; gratuities to your Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director, which are at your discretion (suggested gratuities: KU Alumni Association $10-$15 per traveler, per day); optional sightseeing; and travel protection insurance. Additional baggage fees may apply and are Adams Alumni Center Unlimited, Inc. subject to change at any time. You should confirm directly with your airline(s) prior to departure. 1266 Oread Avenue Cancellations, Refunds, and Changes: If you must cancel your trip, the effective date of cancellation will be upon Odysseys Lawrence, KS 66045-3169 Unlimited, Inc.’s receipt of your notification. Refunds for cancellations are subject to the following per person charges: cancel 95 days or more before departure: full refund; cancel 94-65 days before departure: 25% of tour price; cancel 64-45 days before departure: 50% of tour price; cancel 44-30 days before departure: 75% of tour price; cancel 29-0 days before departure: no refund. If you make any changes to your reservation from 94 to 30 days prior to departure, Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. will apply a $100 per person administrative fee, in addition to any fees or penalties imposed by third parties. Changes are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed. If your reservation changes from double occupancy to single occupancy for any reason, you will be charged the single supplement. No changes are allowed within 30 days of departure. Upon reservation, you must provide your full legal name as it appears on your passport, as well as your date of birth and gender. 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We regret that we cannot offer individual assistance; in such cases you must be accompanied by a companion who will assist you. Please note that many of our TOUR TO IRELAND! tour itineraries, for reasons beyond our control, do not accommodate wheelchairs. Please call or e-mail us to inquire and we will do our best to answer any questions you may have. We reserve the right to remove anyone whose physical or mental condition, in our opinion, compromises the operation of the tour or detracts from the enjoyment or safety of the other passengers. In that event, Reserve risk-free: Your deposit is fully KUAA and Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. assume no financial responsibility for any unused portion of the tour. COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols: The well-being of our guests and staff members on tour will continue to be our refundable up to 95 days before departure highest priorities. 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